Chapter 6 Ideals and Realities

Xu Fu explained: "I wanted to go against the grain. Traditional horror movies are all ghosts bullying people, but I reversed it and turned it into a ghost bullying ghosts, and people watched a good show next to me. Do you think this way is good? ”

"It's good. The text may look a little rushy, but it should look good when converted into a picture. The girl loves this story very much, but there are some things that she doesn't understand: "Mimiko who calls each other with Sadako, which movie is it?" ”

"From "Ghost Calling"." Xu Fu said.

"It's the one who sent a death notice by text message! It turned out that these two fought, so cute. ”

At the same time, "that voice" appeared again: "Your work covers an ordinary person in a Zhongzhou district. The mission completion rate is 1 in 130,000. ”

After the voice disappeared, a character of "1/13000" appeared in Xu Fu's mind. It's easy to overlook, and you can only see it if you pay attention.

It seems that this girl likes Xu Fu's story very much.

Xu Fu didn't care too much about it, and continued to ask someone. After a while, the number in my head changed to "2/13000". Xu Fu reacted suddenly, and when he thought of something, he had goosebumps on his back.

This number, which only Xu Fu could see, hinted at bad news to him. At the same time, it also brings a hidden opportunity!

The bad news is that the difficulty of completing this task is much higher than Xu Fu thought before!

This morning, Xu Fu invited a total of seven people to watch his story, but only two of them counted. In other words, even if others have seen his works, if they don't pay attention to it, they won't be counted!

The criterion for judging "that voice" is that the audience not only sees the work, but also feels from the bottom of their hearts that "this thing is well done"!

Within a month, there is hope for making 130,000 clicks of video works. But to attract 130,000 applauding audiences, this is ......

However, along with the bad news, there is also a huge hidden boost, and if used properly, Xu Fu will be invincible in the future.

The booster is a digital prompt that only Xu Fu can see.

If there is no such number, how can Xu Fu know if others are casually saying it or really suggesting it?

I believe that the more you go, the more useful the hint will be. It is difficult for creators to grasp the base of the real core audience, and they can only speculate through some data such as "clicks" and "check-ins". However, Xu Fu, who can see the data directly in his mind, can understand the number and increase and decrease of the core audience in real time, which is amazing.

You must know that "judgment" is the core ability of many entrepreneurs from small to large. Think about it, if Jack Ma charges merchants when his roots are not stable, if Xiaomi releases a mobile phone when the community is not yet complete...... And Xu Fu has the most accurate judgment at this time, as long as he looks at the numbers in his mind, he can see everything clearly.

How can money buy the value of it? Take the only online video business model Xu Fu can think of at present - advertising, how many advertisements are sought? What kind of delivery mechanism can be used to maximize business value and minimize audience aversion? For Xu Fu, everything is clear at a glance.

If this ability is lost, Xu Fu will probably regret it for the rest of his life.

Thinking of this, Xu Fu's motivation was even stronger. Although the difficulty of completing the task is extremely high, Xu Fu always has to fight. Maybe it's going to work?

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Seeing that the time was almost up, Xu Fu first went to buy a cup of fifteen yuan of mango milk tea, asked the clerk to make a bag, and then went to wait for the senior sister. After all, asking someone to help, it's not good to be empty-handed.

When I arrived at the place, the senior sister who was the vice president of the school's film club hadn't come yet, so Xu Fu waited patiently.

At about eight o'clock, a girl who was not tall came over, and when she saw Xu Fu, she asked, "Are you the one who wants to make a micro-movie by yourself?" ”

Xu Fu was holding two pieces of paper in his hand, which were still conspicuous. He hurriedly handed over the milk tea and the story and said, "It's me, hello senior sister, my name is Xu Fu." I wanted to make a short film of about fifteen minutes. This is a preliminary concept, can you help me take a look? ”

There weren't many words on the two pieces of paper, and the senior sister didn't read them seriously, so she quickly finished reading them and said bluntly: "If you want to ask me for help, then I'm sorry." The film club won't help you make this kind of thing, and the school won't sponsor you. ”

The film club only shoots youth works that school leaders like and uses them to participate in competitions or exhibitions. What Xu Fu wants to do is completely unflattering, and it is impossible to get any support.

Xu Fu hurriedly said: "I know this." I'm going to do it with my own money. ”

Own money? When the senior sister heard this, her eyes changed slightly when she looked at Xu Fu, and she looked down at the story again, this time she was much more serious.

Xu Fu estimated that she saw the end and asked, "Senior sister, what do you think of this concept?" ”

"To be honest, I don't know much about this kind of subject. The works of the film club are mainly for schools and provincial and municipal education leaders. After uploading to the video site, the results are not good, and the clicks are considered good results. You're planning to upload to the web, right? So my thinking may not be right. Senior sister said.

Xu Fu immediately said: "Senior sister has a lot more experience than me, please say what you think." ”

The senior sister thought for a while: "What I do in the film club is the work of co-ordination. Concept aside, if you want to add so many characters to a micro-film, it is very difficult at the execution level. ”

In Xu Fu's story, there are seven terrifying characters fighting each other, plus a male protagonist, exactly eight people. It's balanced. Is it too much?

The senior sister suddenly asked, "Do you plan to play several ghosts by yourself, or do you plan to play one ghost per person?" ”

"I probably won't be able to recruit that many people, so let's play a few roles by myself." Xu Fu said.

The senior sister immediately said, "Then you will have to spend a lot of money to hire a makeup artist." Makeup artists nowadays are expensive. If you can't hire a good makeup artist, you can only stretch out the shooting cycle and shoot little by little. If you want to shoot faster, you have to keep changing makeup, which is a great test of makeup artist's skills, and the makeup artist who can do it is very expensive, and the cost is two or three thousand a day. ”

Xu Fu was stunned, makeup artists want so much money? He hurriedly asked: "What if I invite a few more actors and each one plays a ghost?" ”

"Then it's very difficult to arrange personnel. You'd be hard-pressed to find a professional actor, and who can easily give you a day off? They are either looking for a girlfriend or rushing to a paper, and they have to accommodate each other's time. Maybe you have to coordinate for a long time and finally finalize it, and whoever has a phone call at home, the whole plan will have to be ruined. And when there are too many people, the whole set will be a mess, and I can't manage it. The senior sister started the complaint mode as she spoke. That's what she did in the film club, and her stomach was full of bitterness.

"......" Xu Fu forgot to blink when he heard it. It turns out that there are so many difficulties in shooting micro-films!

Fund! Personnel! No matter how well you think about it, once it comes down to implementation, you have to face these two problems. And the story that Xu Fu wants, let's not talk about whether it's good or not, it's hard to do!

The senior sister is still talking: "Moreover, after there are many people, there will be pressure in the later stage......"

Xu Fu listened very carefully, and he gained a lot, at least he knew the importance of making ideas based on reality. What can't be done, no matter how good it is, can only be a fantasy. It seems that this concept is about to be reversed.

The senior sister complained for a long time before making a suggestion: "You are a novice, and your first work should focus on accumulating experience." The one-man show is the easiest, and if you don't feel like there's a lot of room for creativity, it becomes a two-person show. Don't rush in. ”

Xu Fu nodded repeatedly. Experienced people look at the problem from a different perspective, which is sudden.

The senior sister said so much, looking at Xu Fu's appearance that never refutes, she was quite satisfied. Senior sister has also seen a lot of people who dream of becoming directors, and she said it very modestly in advance, but no matter what problems she pointed out, she immediately competed against each other. When you meet someone like that, it's useless to talk too much, and the senior sister usually leaves with an excuse to say two beautiful words to see what they can do in the end.

In the end, feelings still can't solve the actual problem, and now the senior sister doesn't see anyone who can make a move in her own way.

It's Xu Fu, and the senior sister thinks he has a little hope. There is a pursuit, and there is a way to compromise, and there is the possibility of success. She took a sip of the milk tea given by Xu Fu and drank it, well, she also knows how to be a person.

She picked up Xu Fu's manuscript again, and wondered in her heart, should she recommend this Xu Fu's work to participate in the "Summer Film Club Works Selection Competition" held by the school?

This event is organized by the film club, and the name is to select the works, and the real purpose is to elect the new cadres of the film club. This year is graduation season, and both the president and vice president are going to graduate, and two main positions are vacant.

The senior sister was invited by a media company in Shanghai, and the treatment was far better than that of ordinary fresh graduates. She can actually ignore what is behind her. But in the end, she has been in charge of the film club for two years, and she still can't let go. Coupled with the current momentum of the film club...... It's also really worrying.

The next position of president of the film club is very likely to be obtained by a junior named Zhang Dongmu. Not only does he have the support of his instructors, but he also has the trust of the current president.

According to the tradition of the film club, the new president should be a sophomore, so that he can serve for two years and the management is more stable. But this time, in order to support Zhang Dongmu to take the position, he actually came up with the famous hall of "selecting works and selecting candidates".

Zhang Dongmu has the support of the president of the film club, and the resources of the film club are Zhang Dongmu's resources. How can Zhang Dongmu's works not be excellent? The position of the new president seems to be in the man's pocket.

Senior sister and Zhang Dongmu have no personal grudges, but she is responsible for coordinating the work in the film club and discovers many small actions behind Zhang Dongmu. For example, the last time I participated in the city's "Campus Creative Competition", there were more than 20,000 yuan of funds. The clue vaguely points to Zhang Dongmu, but unfortunately no evidence can be found.

Once it's a misunderstanding, but what if it happens every time? The senior sister thinks that if this kind of person becomes the president of the film club, the film club will be ruined.

Although the senior sister is worried, she is about to graduate, and she has no power to go back. At this moment, Xu Fu came out with a story.

The senior sister read Xu Fu's story again, and looked at it more seriously and word by word.

She could feel that Xu Fu was created for the audience's pleasure. It's much better than any of the micro-films I've made before school. Otherwise, use this half-killed Xu Fu to see if you can squeeze Zhang Dongmu away!